____/ John Locke on Friday 10 August 2007 06:22 : \____
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:48:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Future Implications: Why Microsoft will fear Google and Linux
>>
>>quote
>>As hard to believe as it is, Microsoft is running scared. Courtesy of Google.
>
> Taking on Google in a patent infringement war would be a disaster for
> Microsoft and would probably mark the beginning of a severe downward spiral
> for that company. What Microsoft is saying is that all the Linux developers
> including Google are patent thieves. This just won't play out well in a
> courtroom.
>
> But Microsoft has 500 confused attorneys who may very well attempt
> a legal Blitzkrieg. We shall see. Its just keeps getting more interesting.
A patent war with Google would destory Microsoft's chanced of ever doing
something decent on the Web, particularly Web search. I think that
PageRank/Backrub is patented, but then again, counting references (citations
backwards) is prior art.
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